§ 22-1. Definitions.

(a)

Itinerant vendor. The term "itinerant vendor" means and includes all persons, as well as their agents and employees, who engage in the temporary or transient business in the city of selling, or offering for sale, or exhibiting the same for the purpose of taking orders for sale, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business or conducting such exhibits thereof, display, exhibit, sell or offer for sale goods or merchandise upon or from a truck or other vehicle on the streets or public right-of-way of the city; or who hire, rent, lease or occupy any room or space in any building, structure, enclosure, vacant lot or any other property whatever in the city in, through or from which any goods or merchandise may be sold, offered for sale, exhibited for sale or exhibited for the purpose of taking orders for sale; or who shall sell or offer for sale any goods or merchandise while upon the property of another, without the express written consent of the owner, lessee or person having control of such property. The term "itinerant vendor" shall also include any person, whether a resident of the city or not, who travels by foot or conveyance from house to house, street to street or place to place within such city for the purpose of offering or exposing for sale any goods, wares or merchandise; or who in like manner solicits a person, firm or corporation which falls within the definition of an itinerant vendor as herein defined. Such person shall not be relieved from complying with the provisions of this chapter merely by reason of associating temporarily with any local dealer, trader or merchant.

(b)

Goods or merchandise. The term "goods or merchandise" means and shall be construed to mean any personal property of any nature whatsoever, including but not limited to tickets for admission to athletic, sporting or entertainment events or shows.

(c)

Temporary. The word "temporary" means any business transacted or conducted in the city for which definite arrangements have not been made in writing for the hire, rental, or lease of premises for at least ninety (90) days in or upon which said business is to be operated or conducted.

(d)

Transient. The word "transient," as used in this chapter, means any business as may be operated or conducted by a person or persons or by their agents or employees who reside away from this city; or who have their headquarters in places other than this city; or who move stocks of goods or merchandise or samples thereof into this city with the purpose or intention of removing them or the unsold portion thereof away from the city before the expiration of ninety (90) days; or who sell and offer for sale such goods or merchandise while upon the property of another, without the prior written consent of the owner or occupant thereof; or who conduct such business away from their fixed places of business, if any; or who have no such fixed places of business.

(Ord. No. O-77-19, Art. I, § 1, 7-14-77; Ord. No. O-02-12, §§ 1A, B, 4-25-2002)